Industrial Mini-Project

Code

ENGR4006

School

Engineering Research

Level

4

Credits

10

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

This module is focussed on short-term projects which will be identified for all students in conjunction with sponsor company(s) and supervisory teams. Projects will review and develop possible solutions to industrial operational and technology development challenges within power generation, CCS and CO2 abatement in the industrial sector.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with experience of their sponsoring company's core business within the carbon capture and storage and cleaner fossil energy (CCSCFE) industry and to provide them with a context for their future Engineering Doctorate research.

The projects are student-driven, with tutoring / research and reporting / training from their allocated academic and industrial supervisors. Students will address a specific operational or technological challenge relevant to their sponsoring company which will be defined in conjunction with their academic and industrial supervisors.

Assessment will take the form of 1 reflective essay on the importance of research to the CCSCFE industries and their chosen research field in particular and a technical presentation within the supervising company outlining the background to and possible solutions for a defined industrial challenge.

Classes

Industrial visits: 10 hrs. Academic meetings: 10 hrs Guided independent study: 80 hrs Total:100 hrs

Assessment

• 50% Coursework 1: A written report incorporating an evaluation of the general importance of research to industry and the relationship between industry and academia and more specific content relating to research importance in the students’ area of research interest. Maximum 2,500 words
• 50% Coursework 2: A presentation of possible solutions, developed via literature based research and discussion with sponsoring company employees and academic supervisor, to a specific industrial operation or technology development challenge defined by their sponsor.

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

1. Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of this module, students should have a basic knowledge and understanding of:
• The importance of research to CCSCFE industries operating in their specific chosen discipline
• The context of their research topic in relation to their sponsoring company’s core business
• How businesses operating within their field of study typically operate

2. Intellectual abilities
On completion of the module students should be able to:
• Discover and critically review relevant sources of information
• Analyse data or requirements with a view to producing a solution to an identified challenge
• Demonstrate advanced communications skills by: writing reports in a simple, clear, accurate manner, which incorporates all relevant information and is submitted on the specified deadline.

3. Practical skills
On completion of the module students should be able to:
• Study relevant literature and consider implications for their research
• Present research findings in a written and presentation form

4. General transferrable skills
On completion of the module students should be able to:
• Write concise reports to summaries their findings
• Interact and liaise effectively with supervisors, technical staff and industrial contacts as appropriate

Conveners

• Professor Robin Irons